Comodoro Rivadavia–Buenos Aires Pipeline

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The Comodoro Rivadavia–Buenos Aires Pipeline was a natural gas pipeline in Argentina.

Location

The pipeline ran from Llavallol in the Buenos Aires metropolitan area to Comodoro Rivadavia (Chubut province) to Cañadon Seco (Santa Cruz province).

Municipalities along the pipeline's route included Cañuelas, San Miguel del Monte, Las Flores, Azul, Laprida, Coronel Pringles, Bahía Blanca, Río Colorado, General Conesa, San Antonio Oeste, Trelew, and Pampa Castillo.[1]

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Project Details

  • Operator: Gas del Estado[1]
  • Owner: Gas del Estado[1]
  • Current capacity: 0.365 bcmy (1 MMm3/d)[2]
  • Length: 1800 km / 1118 mi[1]
  • Status: Retired
  • Start Year: 1949[2]

Background

Created under the presidency of Juan Perón, the Comodoro Rivadavia-Buenos Aires Pipeline was Argentina's first major pipeline project and one of the world's longest pipelines at the time of its commissioning.[2] Construction of the original 1704-kilometer section of pipeline began in February 1947[3], and the project was officially inaugurated in December 1949.[4] In 1965 the pipeline was extended nearly 100 km south from Comodoro Rivadavia to Cañadon Seco on Argentina's Atlantic coast.[2] The pipeline ranges in diameter from 25 cm (10") to 30 cm (12") and serves the provinces of Santa Cruz, Chubut, Rio Negro, Neuquén, and Buenos Aires.[1]

The pipeline was owned and operated by Argentina's state-owned Gas del Estado. Starting in 1970, use of the Comodoro Rivadavia-Buenos Aires pipeline was scaled back following construction of the larger, parallel San Martín Pipeline.[4][5]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Rolando, Enrique (August 2010). "El gas que llegó del frío: La construcción del gasoducto Comodoro Rivadavia-Buenos Aires" (PDF). Petrotecnia.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 López, Ing. Marcelo R. (2014). "REDES DE TRANSPORTE DE GAS NATURAL: Optimización de la logística de abastecimiento Argentina [2014-2030] (p 21)" (PDF). CEARE (Centro de Estudios de la Actividad Regulatoria Energética).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "El Gasoducto "Presidente Perón" Entre Comodoro Rivadavia y Buenos Aires" (PDF). Cincuentenario de Comodoro Rivadavia. Retrieved November 2, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. 4.0 4.1 "El gran gasoducto y su significado histórico". Agencia CNA. Retrieved November 2, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. "Evolución Histórica de los Sistemas de Transmisión de Gas Natural de la República Argentina Año 1972" (PDF). Enargas. 1972.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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